Lord Ferguson Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 check this out.... a wonderful old brochure with some cars on the back page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SPN Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I grew up using one of those. Used to be a barsteward if the chain from the pto started slipping though. Would eat the second cog in seconds. The hydraulic lever system in front of the seat was dead handy - much easier to use than the quadrant - even for ploughing. We used to swap the mower off for a horn-draulic loader in the winter. We'd run the loader off one lever, and the 3 point off the other. Later on we had a bale grab, and we put a spool valve on the second lever. Needless to say, the laneways to my Grandfather's farm were always very well trimmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 that looks just like what was fitted to that german 135 with cab at the show marky?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 that looks just like what was fitted to that german 135 with cab at the show marky?? Could well be mate.... I'll take a look at the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGU Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Great pics!! Can you imagine mowing the graas like that on the side of daul carriageway now!!! :D Wheres the lane closure!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 look at the space between cars!!....and that one in the bottom left is leaving it a bit late....i guess at 30 though its ok :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 Great pics!! Can you imagine mowing the graas like that on the side of daul carriageway now!!! :D Wheres the lane closure!! good point Kev - you wouldn't want to do that there days would you :o I'd give it 10 mins before you had a "lorry enima" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 The road picture looks doctored...are the drivers the same person? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 no, 1960's models Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James T Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I wonder how that mower would last nowadays at the side of your average road with remnants of HGV tyres, traffic cones, concrete, shoes, bumpers, glass bottles, body parts.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 I wonder how that mower would last nowadays at the side of your average road with remnants of HGV tyres, traffic cones, concrete, shoes, bumpers, glass bottles, body parts.... I think the old grass from the 60's was a little more "whisyp" as well james - i think "modern" grass is a little too thick for this type of machine nowadays mate \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britainswomble Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I think the old grass from the 60's was a little more "whisyp" as well james - i think "modern" grass is a little too thick for this type of machine nowadays mate \ Round here there aren't a lot of grass verges left to mow, In the process of central Governments concern about going green and protecting the environment by allowing the hedges and trees grow; even on the main roads; the trees are so overgrown that you can't use the outside 1/2 metre of road anyway. On some of our A roads round here; we have to slow right down to avoid oncoming trucks, for fear of exchanging mirrors mid road, or possibly worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James T Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Up here in Scotland the hedgerows are mostly pretty well kept, but the verges are left to grow wild in some places. Last year when on holiday in Somerset, I was astounded by exceptionally poor maintenance, being new to the area, I was obviously making great use of signs, sometimes I had to slow right down to 20 MPH to see what they said, the trees were growing straight across them. I should say this was on B and A roads, not motorways! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972farming Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Great post marky,thanks for sharing it the lovely pictures. Those old brochures of yours are wicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 Great post marky,thanks for sharing it the lovely pictures. Those old brochures of yours are wicked. Thanks Steve... You and I share the same love of that era it seems.... I must burn the oldies on a disc for you mate - I've got quite a few now from the mids 50's onwards I've got a great 738 tiller one.... and every brochure they produced on it up to about 1980(ish)... I'll upload them to Photobucket and pop a post up... it makes some interesting reading really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972farming Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I do have a soft spot for the old massey stuff. I remember following my mates Dad around the hay fields. He was a local contractor with an MF 65 and MF baler with sledge and we had to stack the bales for a perry loader. They were great times,we were so lucky to be able to go and do that after school on the summer evenings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 did the same on the farm steve when i was younger, with a fergy baler and tractor, cant remember the models now, but i do remember a 165 and loader with the perry handler doing the lifting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 what cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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